A Conversation: From ‘They Call me Doctor?!’ to Tenure (peer-reviewed webtext)
citation
Arola, Kristin L., & Ball, Cheryl E. (2007, Spring). A conversation: From ‘They call me doctor?!’ to tenure. Computers and Composition Online. Retrieved April 10, 2007, from http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/doctor/.
abstract/preface excerpt
… We realized—with our limited understanding of being at the beginning or in the midst of our tenure tracks—that there were three stages to the transition between grad school and tenure-track life. First, how do grad students make the transition from being grad students to being addressed by the lucrative term, Doctor? (The use of which still makes both of us feel slightly giggly and uncomfortable—although Cheryl, in her third year out at this writing, finds it is growing on her). Second, what should brand new tenure-track faculty members expect their first year out? Third, there’s another (usually) five years ahead of you until tenure—so how should tenure-track faculty members prepare themselves for those seemingly-long-but-all-too-quick years? …